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Dresden Spray

Dresden Spray was first introduced in 1935 as pattern number 1001. Originally designed for Harry Wood of Wood
&Sons, he decided that the pattern was too difficult to reproduce as a lithograph. Susie decided to produce the design herself and
ended up with one of her best selling patterns.

Version 1017 with blue/green shaded wash border is the most commonly encountered
variant. The pattern appears on most shapes produced by Susie including Kestrel dinner, tea, coffee ware and associated items, Rex shape
tea and coffee ware, Doric coffee cups, lamp bases and chargers.

pattern facts

pattern name: Dresden or Dresden Spray decoration technique: lithograph transfer with wash banded or lithograph transfer detailing.first introduced: 1935 as pattern number 1001production period: only on earthenware and in production from 1935, production ceased
somewhere around the end of the 1950s / early 1960s

pattern numbers and introduction dates

Example of the factory mark often found on Dresden which includes pattern name and number. Dresden Spray was so successful that it can be found with a wide range of various Susie Cooper Productions factory marks.

No.

description

year

1001

chestnut brown wash

1935

1002

gladiola green wash

1935

1003

meir & swan orange wash

1935

1004

canton blue wash

1935

1005

pastel pink wash

1935

1017

blue/green wash

1935

1140

thin bands in green and pink, pink band always to
outside

1936

1141

Five sprays around rim, green finish

1936

1171

Dresden transfer with no other finish

1936

1251

Blythe sky blue shaded (In Susie Cooper An
Elegant Affair this is listed as produced for Fondeville )

1936

1277

Blythe sky blue shading

1936

1279

Yellow shaded

1936

1295

Dresden centre with gold band and line

1936

1581

centre transfer with centre in celedon glaze,
four evenly spaced sprays around edge

1938

1582

as 1581 but finished in apricot

1938

1583

as 1581 but finished in salmon (listed in Susie
Cooper an Elegant Affair as cancelled, so may never have gone into
production)

extra information

In the October 1939 issue of 'Peter Jones & John Lewis Fashion and Household Gazette' Dresden Spray in wide pale pink or green was available at the following prices:
Early morning set 9pcs. nine shillings, three & a half-pence.
Tea set 21 pcs. nineteen shillings & one halfpence.
Dinner set 26 pcs. fifty six shillings, eight & a half-pence.
100 piece set comprising Dinner, Tea and Breakfast, seven pounds, nineteen shillings and sixpence.
(Old English currency. One shilling=5p new pence, 12 old pennies=one shilling, 240 old pennies=£1.00 )

At auction in May 1996 a staggering £2070.00 was paid for a complete Rex shape tea set for six with a pink wash border. The price was
fuelled by huge Japanese interest in Susie's work at this time. Since then prices have fallen back considerably, today a tidy example of
a Kestrel shape teapot can be bought for under £100.00